Google comes up "404 not found" ?

casebro · 23rd April 2012, 02:43 PM

If Google was REALLY down, it would be all over the net. So I thought it must be me. So I took a shower, brushed my hair and teeth, shaved, and it still won't come up. Maybe it isn't my personal hygiene after all. Perhaps it is my unit? ISP? Firefox? AVG 'secure search' works, and popped into my search engine menu all by it self. Maybe it shut out it's competition?

????

AdMan · 23rd April 2012, 02:48 PM

Hard to say what the cause is without more information, but it works fine for me.

Can you try a different computer or gadget?

TheL8Elvis · 23rd April 2012, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by casebro

If Google was REALLY down, it would be all over the net. So I thought it must be me. So I took a shower, brushed my hair and teeth, shaved, and it still won't come up. Maybe it isn't my personal hygiene after all. Perhaps it is my unit? ISP? Firefox? AVG 'secure search' works, and popped into my search engine menu all by it self. Maybe it shut out it's competition?

????

http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/#

casebro · 23rd April 2012, 07:13 PM

Boy i hate yahoo search. All commercial.

But I did find out it's probably some kind of malware blocking that site on my Personal Confuser. A common Trojan tactic. But neither Avenger nor Malwarebytes found it. And erasing the Firefox cache etc didn't help either.

"AVG Secure Search powered by Google" does work. I just hate to get coerced into using it.

One thing I did learn though while watching the anti-stuff scan. Macromedia Flash seems to save EVERYTHING. I'll go delete that whole Macromedia file and re-download Flash, just to speed up the scans.

BaaBaa · 24th April 2012, 05:06 AM

I had this happen the other day- anyplace I went to, *except* FB would give me guff about failing to resolve DNS addresses. I did a cursory search on the other pc in the house and learned that sometimes through some arcane (to me) winsock stuff, only https addresses would resolve. So I did some CMD jiggery-pokery and it sort of resolved itself.

Alan · 24th April 2012, 05:10 AM

There have been some issues with Firefox and Google today due to today's Google Doodle. Perhaps it is related?
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/isnt-the-...251604-11.html

It works for me in Firefox.

Ocelot · 24th April 2012, 05:11 AM

Check your hosts file
See what DNS servers you're using and make sure that they are you ISP's name servers not someone else's.

Download some decent AV and Anti Malware.

Get a child to take a look at it.

Blue Mountain · 24th April 2012, 05:46 AM

Originally Posted by casebro

Boy i hate yahoo search. All commercial.

I'm afraid I can't help you with your Google problem, but if you need an alternate search engine give Duck Duck Go a try: https://duckduckgo.com (or http://ddg.gg).

casebro · 24th April 2012, 05:52 AM

Originally Posted by BaaBaa

I had this happen the other day- anyplace I went to, *except* FB would give me guff about failing to resolve DNS addresses. I did a cursory search on the other pc in the house and learned that sometimes through some arcane (to me) winsock stuff, only https addresses would resolve. So I did some CMD jiggery-pokery and it sort of resolved itself.

I tried some of the cmd stuff, but it didn't line up with my machine. Kept getting 'invalid file path', My acl didn't seem to have a file named 'host'. Compaq sub species? XP Home, 1.8 amd.

I also started getting a pop up that scrolls the same Dodge Sprinter ad a couple times per day.

If I remember to go get a many-gig thumb drive I'll download some files and crank up the upgrade, a garage sale $2 box.

casebro · 24th April 2012, 06:16 AM

Fixxed it!

A further search sent me to Kaspersky TDSSkiller. Free. 2megs. only took a couple minutes and a re-boot.

Time will tell if the ad got killed too.

CynicalSkeptic · 25th April 2012, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by Alan

There have been some issues with Firefox and Google today due to today's Google Doodle. Perhaps it is related?
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/isnt-the-...251604-11.html

It works for me in Firefox.

I had problems yesterday on the Google home page. I assumed it was due to the Doodle. Interestingly, I was using Chrome.

23rd April 2012, 02:43 PM	#1
casebro Philosopher Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,799	Google comes up "404 not found" ? If Google was REALLY down, it would be all over the net. So I thought it must be me. So I took a shower, brushed my hair and teeth, shaved, and it still won't come up. Maybe it isn't my personal hygiene after all. Perhaps it is my unit? ISP? Firefox? AVG 'secure search' works, and popped into my search engine menu all by it self. Maybe it shut out it's competition? ????
casebro Philosopher Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,799	__________________ Please pardon me for having ideas, not facts. Some have called me cynical, but I don't believe them. It's not how many breaths you take. It's how many times you have been breathless that counts.

23rd April 2012, 02:48 PM	#2
AdMan Philosopher Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 7,201	Hard to say what the cause is without more information, but it works fine for me. Can you try a different computer or gadget?
AdMan Philosopher Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 7,201

23rd April 2012, 02:54 PM	#3
TheL8Elvis Illuminator Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3,522	Originally Posted by casebro If Google was REALLY down, it would be all over the net. So I thought it must be me. So I took a shower, brushed my hair and teeth, shaved, and it still won't come up. Maybe it isn't my personal hygiene after all. Perhaps it is my unit? ISP? Firefox? AVG 'secure search' works, and popped into my search engine menu all by it self. Maybe it shut out it's competition? ???? http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/#
TheL8Elvis Illuminator Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3,522

23rd April 2012, 07:13 PM	#4
casebro Philosopher Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,799	Boy i hate yahoo search. All commercial. But I did find out it's probably some kind of malware blocking that site on my Personal Confuser. A common Trojan tactic. But neither Avenger nor Malwarebytes found it. And erasing the Firefox cache etc didn't help either. "AVG Secure Search powered by Google" does work. I just hate to get coerced into using it. One thing I did learn though while watching the anti-stuff scan. Macromedia Flash seems to save EVERYTHING. I'll go delete that whole Macromedia file and re-download Flash, just to speed up the scans.
casebro Philosopher Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,799	__________________ Please pardon me for having ideas, not facts. Some have called me cynical, but I don't believe them. It's not how many breaths you take. It's how many times you have been breathless that counts.

24th April 2012, 05:06 AM	#5
BaaBaa Semi-literate hench-person Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,419	I had this happen the other day- anyplace I went to, except FB would give me guff about failing to resolve DNS addresses. I did a cursory search on the other pc in the house and learned that sometimes through some arcane (to me) winsock stuff, only https addresses would resolve. So I did some CMD jiggery-pokery and it sort of resolved itself.
	__________________ "Damn, i think you are illeterate"

24th April 2012, 05:10 AM	#6
Alan Illuminator Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 3,652	There have been some issues with Firefox and Google today due to today's Google Doodle. Perhaps it is related? http://ibnlive.in.com/news/isnt-the-...251604-11.html It works for me in Firefox.

24th April 2012, 05:11 AM	#7
Ocelot Illuminator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: London Posts: 3,016	Check your hosts file See what DNS servers you're using and make sure that they are you ISP's name servers not someone else's. Download some decent AV and Anti Malware. Get a child to take a look at it.
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24th April 2012, 05:46 AM	#8
Blue Mountain Resident Skeptical Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Waging war on woo-woo in Winnipeg Posts: 3,642	Originally Posted by casebro Boy i hate yahoo search. All commercial. I'm afraid I can't help you with your Google problem, but if you need an alternate search engine give Duck Duck Go a try: https://duckduckgo.com (or http://ddg.gg).
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24th April 2012, 05:52 AM	#9
casebro Philosopher Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,799	Originally Posted by BaaBaa I had this happen the other day- anyplace I went to, except FB would give me guff about failing to resolve DNS addresses. I did a cursory search on the other pc in the house and learned that sometimes through some arcane (to me) winsock stuff, only https addresses would resolve. So I did some CMD jiggery-pokery and it sort of resolved itself. I tried some of the cmd stuff, but it didn't line up with my machine. Kept getting 'invalid file path', My acl didn't seem to have a file named 'host'. Compaq sub species? XP Home, 1.8 amd. I also started getting a pop up that scrolls the same Dodge Sprinter ad a couple times per day. If I remember to go get a many-gig thumb drive I'll download some files and crank up the upgrade, a garage sale $2 box.
casebro Philosopher Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,799	__________________ Please pardon me for having ideas, not facts. Some have called me cynical, but I don't believe them. It's not how many breaths you take. It's how many times you have been breathless that counts.

24th April 2012, 06:16 AM	#10
casebro Philosopher Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,799	Fixxed it! A further search sent me to Kaspersky TDSSkiller. Free. 2megs. only took a couple minutes and a re-boot. Time will tell if the ad got killed too.
casebro Philosopher Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,799	__________________ Please pardon me for having ideas, not facts. Some have called me cynical, but I don't believe them. It's not how many breaths you take. It's how many times you have been breathless that counts.

25th April 2012, 01:38 PM	#11
CynicalSkeptic Graduate Poster Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: state of denial Posts: 1,365	Originally Posted by Alan There have been some issues with Firefox and Google today due to today's Google Doodle. Perhaps it is related? http://ibnlive.in.com/news/isnt-the-...251604-11.html It works for me in Firefox. I had problems yesterday on the Google home page. I assumed it was due to the Doodle. Interestingly, I was using Chrome.
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